Background
Jenkins, William Wesley was born on October 22, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl Huber and Hermine Lucy (Schaub) Jenkins.
Jenkins, William Wesley was born on October 22, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl Huber and Hermine Lucy (Schaub) Jenkins.
AB, DePauw University, 1939. Master of Science, Loyola University, Chicago, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1950.
With G.D. Searle & Company, Skokie, Illinois, 1954—1983, director development, 1969—1973, director product affairs, 1973—1979, director preclinical operations, 1979—1983. Consultant in field; Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Fellow: Standard Oil Corporation Indiana. Member: American Pharmaceutical Society (member academy pharmaceutical science), American Chemical Society (emeritus, medicinal section, Chicago section), Wilmette Golf Club (Illinois), Sigma Chi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Ann Tucker, March 8, 1952. Children: Elizabeth, John, Douglas.